Torino vs Roma - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to prolong their cleanable commencement to the Serie A season, in-form Roma volition sojourn Torino connected Monday evening.

After the Giallorossi's midweek instrumentality to the Champions League produced a invaluable point, they present privation to clasp apical spot successful Italy's apical flight.

Match preview

Roma had to ticker with envy for 7 agelong years arsenic different Italian clubs dined astatine Europe's apical table, but that hold for a Champions League spot yet ended connected Thursday.

Faced with a pugnacious travel to Istanbul arsenic their archetypal duty successful the league phase, they seized the pb done Bryan Cristante, but Fenerbahce recovered an equaliser soon aft fractional time.

It was past a lawsuit of holding retired for a 1-1 draw, arsenic Mile Svilar made respective saves and Fener struck the woodwork precocious on.

That halted Roma's blistering commencement to the season, aft they had racked up 10 goals portion posting 3 wins from 3 successful Serie A. 

Last week's unthinkable precocious comeback against Atalanta near them apical of the aboriginal standings - conscionable up of reigning champions Inter Milan - arsenic Gian Piero Gasperini defeated his erstwhile club.

So far, the Giallorossi person registered 71 shots and lone faced 22, with apical scorer Donyell Malen already uncovering the nett 5 times, prompting speech that they could combat for the title.

Dating backmost to the process extremity of past term, Roma person won 8 consecutive league matches, which represents their fourth-best streak ever, truthful Gasperini whitethorn good person 1 oculus connected the Scudetto.

History is besides connected Roma's side, arsenic they person won 14 of their past 19 Serie A matches against Torino, portion keeping cleanable sheets connected six of their past 9 visits to Stadio Olimpico Grande.

Precedent whitethorn not favour Toro, but they volition inactive beryllium buzzing from their ain comeback triumph past week, erstwhile a second-half rally saw disconnected Fiorentina.

New brag Ignazio Abate celebrated his archetypal league triumph with the Granata, pursuing defeats against AC Milan and Sassuolo - positive a meek Coppa Italia exit to Monza.

On his 2nd debut for the Turin club, Rolando Mandragora sparked the fightback with a trademark stunner, earlier Che Adams produced a precocious victor that yet led to Fiorentina firing their coach.

Now comes a overmuch tougher test, arsenic Torino indispensable look a free-scoring Roma side, having conceded successful each of their past 8 Serie A matches.

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Team News

Roma person benefited from a quiescent attraction array this season, but cardinal midfielder Manu Kone was withdrawn aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional of their gully with Fenerbahce and is present a uncertainty for Monday's travel to Turin.

Lorenzo Pellegrini precocious returned to afloat grooming and could travel into Gasperini's thinking, but it is much apt that Nicolo Pisilli oregon Marten de Roon would deputise if required.

Amid a engaged schedule, the visitors whitethorn marque respective changes, perchance meaning a remainder for injury-prone prima Paulo Dybala, who has provided 4 assists successful conscionable 3 league appearances.

Santiago Castro volition anticipation to regenerate Malen, who has not stopped scoring since uncovering the nett connected his Serie A debut against Torino successful January; the second has already racked up 5 much goals this term.

Toro besides person a fewer forwards to prime from, though Abate seems to person settled connected Adams and Giovanni Simeone arsenic his preferred pair.

Cesare Casadei is inactive struggling with a muscular injury, portion Saul Coco whitethorn miss retired owed to a insignificant genu problem, having been replaced earlier fractional clip against Fiorentina.

Torino imaginable starting lineup:

Perri; Comuzzo, Ismajli, Comert; Belghali, Fitz-Jim, Mandragora, Cacciamani; Vlasic; Adams, Simeone

Roma imaginable starting lineup:

Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Ghilardi; Molina, Cristante, Pisilli, Wesley; Soule, Mora; Malen

We say: Torino 1-2 Roma

Torino had 1 of Serie A's worst antiaircraft records past season, and they are inactive leaking goals nether caller management.

That does not bode good for the sojourn of rampant Roma, who are afloat of assurance and person chance-creators each implicit the pitch.

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